Improvement in gas-sockets



(gister @met @fitta MOONEY, ARNOLD, AND SHAW, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters .Patent No. 84,961, dated December 15, 186.8.

IMPROVEMENT 1N- GAS-SOCKETS.

*AOh-o* The'Sohedule referred to in these 4Letters Patent and making parl: o'f thev4 same.

To whom/Muay concern Be it known that I, GEORGE MOONEY, of the city and county of Providence andState Of'Rhode Island, have invented a new and improved GasSocket, for use in connection with gas-fixtures; and Ido hereby declare that the following description thereof is true and correct.

The use of gas-sockets, or socket-joints, as they are sometimes called, is essential with pendent or standard vburners generally, they not being permanently attached to the fixture.

Vnlcanized rubber has generally been used in sockets, for creating a gas-tight joint, although cork, leather, and cloth have sometiin s been applied, with' less satisfactory results.

Rubber has been' used in three ways, in the manufacture of gas-sockets, viz:

l By the'insertion of soft prepared rubber within the barrel of the socket, and vulcanizin g or lbaking it while y on aformer of the shape of the burners on which itis g to be used.

- Again, by havingA the shell of the socket composed of two distinct pieces, the lowerl screwinginto the upper, with space for inserting a packing' of rubber, of particular form, previously moulded expressly for the purpose, between the two pieces; and

\Thirdly, by drawing the shell of the .socket in one piece, inserting a piece' of rubber tubing ofthe requisite length, and securing the same within the socket, by turning in or over the lower edge'of the shell.

This latter form or kind of socket was first made by me, and has been in public use for more than two years.

From the fact that there was no metal extended below the rubber, to resist any lateral movement of the socket,

it was liable to become loose upon -theburner from which it was conducting gas. A

I nowobviate Vthis liability, by so forming my 'socket that its base extends belowl the rubber, and, by contact -wth the burner, resists any lateral movement.

This constitutes an important feature of my invention, which, however, embraces?, also, a novelty in form,

resting'in the thickness of the metal at the upper end of the socket, as compared with other 'parts of it; This form admits of the cutting'of the necessary' thread therein; as Well as securing the requisite strength.

' This leaving the metal at the topundrawn is effected by bringing no lateral pressure or strainupon that por-` tion of the metal, in consequence of the form of the lower end of the male die, being smaller in diameter than that of the female die, less the thickness, doubled, of the metal being used. I n its action, it is obvious that the metal at that point is thickerthzfmv at other points, where lateral as vwell as downward strain is effected by the relative sizes of the male and female die. By reference to the accompanyn drawings, a coni-v plete knowledge vof the distinctive features of my invention will be obtained. Figure l represents a socket-shell in' process of con# struction, drawn from one piece of metal. It will be observed that the upper port-ion thereof is thicker than the lower, for the reason heretofore explained. The section or portion of the iigure marked A is tapering,

.the lower end being largertha-n the upper.

Figure 2 represents a piece of rubber tubing, such as is used for a great variety of other purposes, and may be termed the ordinary vulcanized elastic tubing.

The piece shown is cnt into proper length for insertion into the socket-shell at-poit A, as'shown in iig. l.

Figure 3 represents Aa section of one of my sockets complete. At A will be seen the rubber tubing properly in position. AtA A, it will be observed, the shell has been contracted after the' insertion of' the rubber, Y

securely retaining it in its propel' position, as well as bythe continuation ofthe metal, to aord the requisite support before described.

Figure 4 represents an elevation view of my socket when finished. Y

Having thus described my invention, Y I claim as new, and for which I desire Letters Pat'- ent A gas-socket, constructed of one piece of metal,V

possessing the recess, fitted with a packing, consisting o f a piece of the ordinary elastic-rubber tubing, and

the extension of the metal below the packing, in the l manner and for the purposes described. y

GEORGE MOONEY.. Witnesses:

ALBERT E. MAKER., ABrnanmtm Zaman. 

